30/9/2008 - First post for 2008
Posted by riss
Yup it's the last day of September and here I am, putting up my first post for the year. The good news is in I have been diving at least! - although not enough to justify my absence here.
Last month, my good friend Lauren and I put our money where our mouth is and finally did the Poor Knights. I used to dive with Lauren in Adelaide, but she now lives in DC, so it was a bit of a reunion!
We were lucky in that SDNZ were also organising a Winter trip on the same day. So rather than trying to organise our own separate excursion, I thought it would be a good chance to meet some of the forum members and signed us up.
It was the first time I used my camera (a Sony DSC-T100) underwater, and I was quite pleased with some of the shots considering my lack of ability! I will let the images speak for themselves...
An arch (wave hit the boat when I took the photo!)
The surface shot while waiting for Lauren to jump in.
Drifting through blue mao mao arch.
This red pigfish stalked me for most of the 2nd dive...I finally snatched a photo of him!
Kina (urchins) everywhere.
Heading for the top.
We planned to dive Sunday as well, but the 13deg water had chilled me to the bone so at the thought of climbing into sodden wetsuits the next morning, we called it off and decided to do some terrestrial exploring instead. Probably wasn't a bad idea as Lauren eded up with a cold later in the week anyway.
It was an awesome trip nevertheless, reminding me how much I enjoy being underwater. Hope to return there in the warmer months to explore some more.
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